Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Riddle me this...

Argh!

Four people walk into a pet store looking to buy goldfish (not the snack crackers). The store owner shows them a tank that contains goldfish. The first customer, Amber, tells the store owner "I'll take half the goldfish in the tank, plus half a goldfish." Barbara tells the store owner "I'll take half of what you have left in the tank, plus half a goldfish.". Courtney then tells the owner "I'll talk half of what you have left in the tank, plus half a goldfish.". Finally, Diane tells the store owner "I'll take half of what you have left in the tank, plus half a goldfish."

All four customers left the store and went to their own (seaperate) homes with all of the goldfish they bough - and they were all live goldfish. The store owner sold all the goldfish in the tank, How many goldfish did everyone leave with?
 
All right, let's work backwards:
When Diane picked her fish there was 1 fish left. She took half of what was left plus half a gold fish, so she has 1.
Courtney had to leave 1 fish in the tank, the tank started with 3. She took 1 and 1/2 plus 1/2 a gold fish, she has 2.
Barbara had to leave 3 fish, the tank started with 7. She took 3 and 1/2 (half of the tank) plus 1/2 a gold fish. She has 4.
Amber Had to leave 7 fish, the tank started with 15. She took 7 and 1/2 (half the tank) plus 1/2 a fish. She has 8.

Still don't know the sheep one though.
 
Whoo-Hoo, go Mr. Glass!

There's a farm that has cats, chickens, cows, goats and horses. Each of the animals are kept in pairs, with the farm having no more than 10 of any one particular type of animal. There are twice as many cows as there are horses. There are two more chickens than goats. There are six more goats than horses. How many of each animal are there?
 
hmm well lets see(im not good with riddles)

there are 6 more goats than horses and since there are more chickens then goats

horses- 2

goats- 6

there are two more chickens than goats and since goats are 6

chickens - 8

twice as many cows as there are horses and horses are 2

cow - 4

cat - 2

its either that or any random EVEN number because its says and 1 particular type of animal and they dont specify which animal..-.- i stink
 
i dont get the thing about working in base to to make 1 + 1 = 10. Could you explain?

Oh, and the goldfish one, could you solve that one algebraically? If so, can you post the formula?

Oh, do you guys want the answer to my sheep puzzle? I'll give you a hint: read it again and you'll find the answer is right under yournose.

i wonder if that hint was actually a clue, itself...

As for my guess at the farm:

01 Horse
02 cow
01 cat
07 Goat
09 Chicken


I tried writing out formulas and kinda used guess and check to solve it, too.

kept in pairs, with the farm having no more than 10 of any one particular type of animal. There are twice as many cows as there are horses. There are two more chickens than goats. There are six more goats than horses. How many of each animal are there?
 
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i will attempt at your sheep riddle, although im bad with riddles -.-

she didnt count any sheep

she often dreampt,DEAR meaning deer

she counted deer,not sheep
 
simple stupid regular math riddle, though it stumps quite a few people...

only 2 of the same # can be added to each other and multiplied by each other, and still equal the same amount. EX (1+1, 1x1, 10+10, 10x10).....

Shouldnt be hard fo rmost.... fairly easy to figure out.... no new founded, weirdo math. Simple addition and Multiplication!!!
 
Well, you guys didnt get the sheep one, so i'll alter it so it isnt as deceptive...there are things in the riddle designed to get you to lose focus. Here's the riddle with reduced distraction.

There was a girl who liked sheep. She loved to count sheep all day. She collected sheep stuffed animals. When she went to bed she counted sheep. She always dreamt of sheep. In fact, she dreamt often, and fell fast asleep.

Ok. By the way, it isntfive just because the word sheep was used five times.

What was the answer to the farm question...i dont get it.
 
Psycho_Lugia_X said:
There was a girl who liked sheep. She loved to count sheep all day. She collected sheep stuffed animals. When she went to bed she counted sheep. She always dreamt of sheep. In fact, she dreamt often, dear, and fell fast asleep.

How many sheep did she count?
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In fact, she dreamt often, dear, and fell fast asleep

I'd say the answer is 10.

BDS
 
Farm Question: 10 Chickens, 8 Goats, 6 Cats, 4 Cows, and 2 Horses. I'm pretty sure that's it... You can either figure out some over-complicated math equation, or if you noticed that you can figure out the whole thing just by guessing the right number of goats, you can take a few shots at that until you figure out what fits.

Sheep Question: Well, I don't see any real concrete way answer to this one, so logically I'd assume that the answer would be a play on the base word, and since "sheep" is one of those plural/singular words, it'd have to be something to do with that...

Anyway, I think the answer is "one sheep"...

Lastly, here's another riddle for all of your amusement:

Bob is on the first floor of a house with 3 floors. On the first floor, there's 3 switches, and on the top floor, there's a regular 75-watt light bulb in a light socket. The light socket on the top floor is controlled by one of the switches, but Bob doesn't know which of the switches controls it. If Bob can only ascend the stairs up to the top floor once, how can he adjust the switches so that he can tell which switch controls the light?
 
He walks up to the top, and places mirrors on the way back down so that he can see the light bulb. Then he hits the switches one by one.
 
This is presuming all switches are set to off first. Let's call them switches 1, 2, and 3. Turn on switch 1 and wait a while. Turn switch 1 off and 2 on, then go upstairs. If the light is on then switch 2 controls it. If it's off, carefully feel to see if it's warm. If it is warm, then it's controlled by switch 1, if it's cold, it is controlled by switch 3.
 
TheDuece: Right on the farm one.

Okay, this is one I heard on NPR the other day.
It's a math one.

4 _ 5 = x

4 < x < 6

Fill in the blank in the first equation with any common mathamathical symbol that will make the second equation true.
 
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